4 comments:

Looks like you had a busy day, it's very cathartic and rewarding clearing the space for a fresh start and we all love a good bonfire, I always find a splash of petrol! (throw match down incinerator chimney run, duck and cover!) is a sure (but slightly dangerous) way to getting it going. What a wonderful looking patch and garden you have, it looks very cottage garden eco and wildlife friendly, the perfect style, well done you.

Dear Mag, I love the thought of a bonfire...but alas, in Maida Vale, this is not to be. I must confess that your Kitchen Garden does look rather sad at present but your photographs of it in its full, productive glory are very impressive indeed.

Yes, I like a good bonfire (when the neighbours have taken their laundry in!) but not too often as I try and 'use' my garden debris in other places. This is possible in the space I have and good for wildlife too, although it makes more work than just stuffing it in the brown bin (I don't have a brown bin) for the council to take away and compost.

Yes Su, James's addition of petrol is too risky for me, too! I prefer to keep a bit of cardboard ready in the shed. As for the smell, I'm not sure how attractive it is when it lingers on your clothes and in your hair...!

Edith, I had quite overlooked the fact that bonfires are not even allowed in some places. I am fortunate, then, to be permitted this little pleasure!

This part of the garden is an addition that we acquired some years ago and I have been slowly cleaning it up and making my kitchen garden. The soil is very light (sandy!) with lots of stones but it has been producing reasonably well.